Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.

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Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.
Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.jpg
Studio album by
Released1 May 2019 (2019-05-01)
Length48:02
Label Mute
Maps chronology
Vicissitude
(2013)
Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.
(2019)
Singles from Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.
  1. "Both Sides"
    Released: 28 February 2019 [1]
  2. "Surveil"
    Released: 2 May 2019 [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss. is the fourth studio album by English electronic musician Maps. It was released on 10 May 2019 through Mute Records. [7] The album was recorded live with other vocalists, drummers and the classical ensemble Echo Collective. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss. was met with generally favourable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 5 reviews. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Surveil"4:16
2."Both Sides"4:32
3."Howl Around"4:33
4."Wildfire"5:35
5."Just Reflecting"5:43
6."She Sang to Me"4:14
7."Sophia"6:38
8."The Plans We Made"4:05
9."New Star"3:58
10."You Exist in Everything"4:28

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [8] 42

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References

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  2. "Surveil — Single by Maps on Apple Music". Apple iTunes . Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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